ECWA
Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association
  • Who We Are
    • Our Staff and Board
    • Our Volunteers
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Annual Report
    • History of Ellerbe Creek
    • Careers
  • Our Preserves
    • 17-Acre Wood
    • Beaver Marsh
    • Glennstone
    • Pearl Mill
    • The Rocks
  • Our Work
    • Preserve Stewardship
    • Water Management
    • Land Protection
    • Community Engagement
    • Advocacy
    • Creek Smart​® >
      • About Creek Smart​®
      • Make Your Property Creek Smart
      • Walking Tours
      • Downspout Disconnection
      • Cisterns
      • Rain Gardens >
        • Siting
        • Designing
        • Installing
  • Watershed Stories
  • Attend An Event
  • Donate

We're In This
Creek Together

Who We Are

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The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association is a nonprofit working to restore a healthy, living creek that connects people and nature in Durham. We protected our first six acres in 1999. Since then, we have acquired more than 450 acres, including five nature preserves that we manage for public recreation, water quality, and native plant and habitat restoration. 
Learn About Our Preserves

Our Vision For the Future

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ECWA's vision is a living creek connecting human and natural communities in Durham. Through land acquisition, collaboration with the city, and public education, we hope to create a Durham where residents can bike or walk across the watershed and stop at local businesses and nature preserves along the way.
Learn About Our Impact

Leadership Transitions | ECWA Seeks a New Executive Director

The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association (ECWA) seeks a new Executive Director to lead the organization in its mission to protect Ellerbe Creek and its tributaries in Durham, NC. ​The Executive Director will lead ECWA’s dedicated staff to maintain and grow its programs and partnerships through engagement with watershed stakeholders to protect and manage ECWA-owned conservation lands, address Durham’s stormwater issues through innovative projects, and engage the community in the effort.

VIEW THE JOB DESCRIPTION

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Visit an Ellerbe Creek Nature Preserve
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17-Acre Wood

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The Association's first preserve, 17-Acre Wood actually covers 20 acres of floodplain forest. The trail and preserve serve as refuge for native plants rescued from development sites elsewhere in the watershed.
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Beaver Marsh

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Located between Club Boulevard and Interstate 85, Beaver Marsh is a beautiful oasis of green in an otherwise highly urbanized environment.
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Glennstone

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Glennstone Nature Preserve is an 83-acre woodland with about three miles of walking trails that connect to Falls Lake Game Lands and Ellerbe Creek.
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Pearl Mill

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The Pearl Mill Nature Preserve is part of a corridor of wetlands and floodplain woods that surround the East Branch of the South Ellerbe Creek.
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The Rocks

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 The Rocks Nature Preserve is a 2 acre woodland along a scenic, rocky stretch of Ellerbe Creek. ​Named after its unique geology, The Rocks is special among ECWA nature preserves.

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​Office: 904 Broad St Durham, NC 27705 | Mailing: PO Box 2679 Durham, NC 27715 
919.698.9729 | info@ellerbecreek.org
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  • Who We Are
    • Our Staff and Board
    • Our Volunteers
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Annual Report
    • History of Ellerbe Creek
    • Careers
  • Our Preserves
    • 17-Acre Wood
    • Beaver Marsh
    • Glennstone
    • Pearl Mill
    • The Rocks
  • Our Work
    • Preserve Stewardship
    • Water Management
    • Land Protection
    • Community Engagement
    • Advocacy
    • Creek Smart​® >
      • About Creek Smart​®
      • Make Your Property Creek Smart
      • Walking Tours
      • Downspout Disconnection
      • Cisterns
      • Rain Gardens >
        • Siting
        • Designing
        • Installing
  • Watershed Stories
  • Attend An Event
  • Donate